Army
Valor Friday
It’s been a while since I updated our list of those with exceptionally long service to their country. First up is Archibald Henderson. He was a contemporary of Winfield Scott. Both men had meteoric rises in the ranks due to the War of 1812. Scott (an Army officer) went from a captain to brigadier general […]
Remains of one soldier in Morocco recovered
Last week we talked about how two American servicemen went missing in Morocco. They were in-country for a major multi-national exercise. Reports at the time were that while out on a hike, an American had fallen off a cliff at the coast and was at risk of falling into the churning water. Other soldiers responded […]
Valor Friday
Longtime readers will know I have a penchant for those with interesting names (Galusha Pennypacker for example) and chaplains. Some of those chaplains I’ve highlighted are; Emil Kapaun, MoH John Whitehead, James Hill, and Milton Haney, Civil War Medals of Honor Francis Hall, Civil War MoH, and Joseph O’Callahan, WWII MoH George Rentz, WWII Navy […]
Valor Friday
A few months back I highlighted the valor of US Army Captain Willibald Bianchi. At the time it was announced he was returning home after 80 years of being missing after being killed in World War II. He’s finally being laid to rest in his home state of Minnesota tomorrow, if you’re near New Ulm. […]
Changing criteria
Let’s lead off with the Army: The Army Combat Fitness Test for combat-arms soldiers is a pass-fail physical fitness test for folks in “close combat” roles like infantry and artillery. Beginning in Spring 2027, soldiers who cannot pass the test will have to reclassify into new jobs or separate from the Army. “This initiative is […]
Valor Friday
After yesterday’s noting the passing of Tommy Gwynn, one of the oldest men in Tennessee, I’ve got another legend of the Volunteer State. A good while back Poetrooper (we miss you, brother) crossed paths with a Medal of Honor recipient. Poe was a young Rakkasan in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. He’d sent me […]
Army Ranger Tommy Gwynn dies at 106
There are some people for whom superlatives are coined. Thomas Edward “Tommy” Gwynn, known throughout his adopted hometown of Tullahoma, Tennessee, as “the greatest Ranger that ever was,” died Monday, April 6, at the Life Care Center there, according to an obituary issued by Kilgore Funeral Home. He was two months from his 107th birthday […]
ROTC Cadets on Col. Shah’s Heroism
Army cadets recall how fallen officer defended them in Old Dominion shooting Eight Army ROTC students credited their quick reactions to Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, their instructor. Shah was killed in the attack. Matt White The Army ROTC cadets who fought back against a classroom gunman at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, say they […]
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